The Role of Pragmatic Language in Reading Comprehension and Written Expression: Focus on Assessment

This 40-slide presentation reviews the importance of pragmatic language competence for oral language, reading comprehension and written composition purposes. It explains how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can effectively analyze reading and writing related clinical assessment samples for treatment planning purposes.

Learnign Objectives:

• At the end of this presentation learners will be able to:

1. Identify aspects of pragmatic language competence
2. Discuss how pragmatic deficits affect reading comprehension skills
3. Describe how pragmatic deficits affect written composition skills
4. Explain how to perform clinical assessments of reading comprehension and written expression with a focus on pragmatic language competence
5. List examples of effective pragmatic goals for treatment planning purposes

Slide Content:

• Oral Language Competence
• Narrative Abilities and Reading Development
• Language Areas
• Pragmatic Language
• Pragmatic Language Competence
• Pragmatic Language Deficits
• The Role of Pragmatics in Reading Comprehension
• Effect of Impaired Pragmatics on Reading Comprehension
• Gestalt Processing and Reading Comprehension
• Pragmatics Based Reading Comprehension Questions (Fiction)
• Pragmatic Competence and Written Expression
• The Role of Pragmatics in Written Expression: Focus on Narratives
• The Role of Pragmatics in Written Expression: Focus on Expository Writing
• The Role of Pragmatics in Written Expression: Focus on Persuasive Writing
• Clinical Assessment of Reading Comprehension
• Written Assessment Types for Children and Adolescents
• Clinical Assessment of Written Expression
• Effective Pragmatic Treatment Goals
• Intermediate Pragmatic Treatment Goals: Reading Comprehension
• Advanced Pragmatic Treatment Goals: Reading Comprehension
• Intermediate Pragmatic Treatment Goals: Written Composition
• Advanced Pragmatic Treatment Goals: Written Composition
• Conclusion
• Helpful Resources